United States v. Philadelphia and New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. It was a petition filed by the corporate authorities of the cities of Philadelphia and New Orleans, claiming a large body of land under a grant alleged to have been made by the Baron de Carondelet, the Spanish governor of Louisiana, in 1796 and 1797, to the Baron.de Bastrop. All the title-papers are set forth in the opinion of the court, and it is unnecessary to repeat them.
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This was an appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Louisiana. It was a petition filed by the corporate authorities of the cities of Philadelphia and New Orleans, claiming a large body of land under a grant alleged to have been made by the Baron de Carondelet, the Spanish governor of Louisiana, in 1796 and 1797, to the Baron.de Bastrop. All the title-papers are set forth in the opinion of the court, and it is unnecessary to repeat them. The derivation of title to the petitioners in this case is explained in their petition, which, being short, may be inserted. “…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
In this case objections were made in the court below, and are again insisted on here, to the proof of autheaticity of the title-papers on which the petition is founded; ■ nothing but Copies being produced. Our opinion is that the copies were properly admitted in evidence, and that they establish the facts that similar originals existed; and as on the true meaning of these documents our decision proceeds, we deem it proper to set them forth. • They are as follows : —
Copy.
Señor Governor-Generat, : -— The Baron de Bastrop, desirous of promoting the population and agriculture of Ouachita, and…
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